iii. The Paris Agreement’s entry into
force comes a month after countries representing 55% of the world’s emissions
committed to joining the deal.

iv. 192 states and the European Union
have signed the Agreement.

2. GST
COUNCIL APPROVES 4-TIER RATE AT 5%, 12%, 18% AND 28%

i. GST Council approved a four-tier GST
tax structure of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%, with lower rates for essential items and
the highest for luxury and de-merits goods that would also attract an
additional cess.

ii. Goods and Services Tax is a
proposed system of indirect taxation in India merging most of the existing
taxes into single system of taxation.

3. INDIA
TO HOST 7TH SESSION OF COP7 ON TOBACCO CONTROL FROM NOV 7-12

i. 7th Session of the Conference of
Parties to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control will be held from november 7th
to 12th at Greater Noida.

i. Bangladesh
has arrested more than 900 fishermen and deployed the army to patrol its
waterways after introducing a temporary ban on catching hilsa fish.

ii. The ban
is imposesd in an effort to save the
hugely popular fish.

iii. Approximately
60 percent of the world's hilsa are caught in Bangladesh.

2. INDIA
RANKS POORLY IN COMMONWEALTH YOUTH INDEX

i. India has
ranked very poorly at 133 in a new Global Youth Development Index compiled by
the Commonwealth Secretariat on the countries' prospects for young people in
employment, education, health, civic and political spheres.

ii. India
ranked 133rd in the index and the list
is topped by Germany followed by Denmark), Switzerland, United Kingdom ,
Netherlands.

3. IIID TO CONDUCT 'DESIGN YATRA' IN KOZHIKODE

i. India's
first 'Design Yatra' will be conducted in Kerala's Kozhikode city between
October 29-31.

ii. During
design yatra competitions, heritage walk, talks and interaction with students
will be conducted.

iii. The
yatra is aimed at spreading awareness and taking designs to the masses and is
scheduled to travel to 29 Indian cities.